Biographic - Sunday November 1, 2015 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Man: Do you expect me to talk? Man 2: No, Mr. Bond... I expect you to die! The James Bond films have produced some of the most memorable villains in movie history.... and provided great fodder for spoofs. The "Dr. Evil" character in the Austin Powers movies was based on the sinister Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of Spectre, Blofeld has appeared in numerous Bond movies, played by such actors as Donald Pleasence, Telly Savalas, and Charles Gray. The first Bond villain to appear onscreen was the dastardly Le Chiffre, portrayed by veteran actor Peter Lorre in a 1954 TV production of "Casino Royale." The first movie in the series, 1963's "Dr. No" saw Bond battle a nefarious, claw-handed maniac bent on a world domination. In "Goldfinger" released in 1964, the title role was played by German Gert Frobe. As he didn't speak English, his entire dialogue was dubbed by another actor. Wrestler Harold Sakata, a former Olympic weightlifter, played Henchman Odd Job who disposed of his victims by wielding his steel-rimmed bowler hat. During Roger Moore's tenure in the role of James Bond, the villains were even more exotic! Richard Kiel played Jaws, a giant steel-toothed killer, in two movies. The teeth were so painful that Kiel could only wear them for a few minutes at a time. Dancer Geoffrey Holder, his face half-painted white, played the Macabre Baron Samedi, in 1973 "Live And Let Die" Other Notable Bond foes of that era included the diminutive Herve Villechaize star of TV's "Fantasy Island" as the pint-sized assassination Nick Nack and music star Grace Jones as the deadly May Day. In Pierce Brosnan's spell as Bond, his adversaries included Rick Yune as Zao, a killer with diamonds embedded in his mutilated face, and "Full Monty" star Robert Carlyle as Renard, a star-faced psychopath, completely impervious to pain. The adversaries faced by Daniel Craig's 007 have been less exotic, but no less villainous, with actors of the caliber of Javier Bardem and Christoph Waltz battling bond.

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